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Requirements for Participation

Students in grades K-2 identified as having reading difficulties by their teachers/school
personnel,

Parental consent for participation of their child, and

Primary reading teacher/paraprofessional consent to participate in the study.

Software Used in the Study:

Funnix computer-based reading program

Headsprout computer-based reading program

Procedure:

School personnel and their students with reading difficulties will be randomly assigned
to one of the three groups: A funnix group, a Headsprout
group, and a control group. School personnel in the Funnix group and the school personnel
in the Headsprout group will implement
the Funnix and Headsprout programs as Tier 2 interventions. School personnel in the
third group will continue with the regular reading
instruction/support. all children will be pre and post-tested using DIBELS progress
monitoring measures by the Project staff. Further, the
Project staff will teach school personnel on how to use the computer-based reading
programs and will observe them being implemented at least
twice during the implementation period.